Just a thought...
When children are brought into political activity by their parents, the parents can no longer appeal to the press to “leave their children alone”, even years down the road.
It’s wonderful on the one hand to be a “familiy-oriented” candidate. On the other, one is making one’s children fair game by initiating their inclusion in the political process.
I guess each politician gets to make that decision personally.
A candidate could take every measure to make sure their family is left out of everything, but it’s the media that often decides to bring them into it.
Piper has the natural spunk to stand up for herself - and her mom. Just maybe Mom's idea is to expose and train Piper from the get go how to handle the press, knowing that she will always be a target.
By the time Piper's on her own - if anyone gets broadsided, it'll be the press, not Piper.
On the other, one is making one’s children fair game by initiating their inclusion in the political process.
The press wasn't invited nor informed of where the Palins were going. The press chased them. Sarah is not a candidate at this time. The press intruded. The Palins did not include Piper in the "political process". The press did.
It's worth a penny for sure. A zinc one. The perverted cabal of mouth breathing swine that we call "The Press" has been way out of bounds on the treatment of this family since 2008. They never treated Web Hubbell's kid that way. I'm no Palin zombie, but even I see red at the way the Palin's have been screwed over. Something smarmy and European (redundant?) about your post.
about a hit piece on her.
But mess with her momand you're toast!